Why the study?
Does open intracardiac operation improve outcomes in patients with severe, chronic postmyocardial infarction cardiac failure?
Population
n=7 patients with severe, chronic postmyocardial infarction cardiac failure
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
up to 1 year
Authors
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High perioperative mortality cautions against routine surgery in chronic post-MI failure; leaves open benefit of LV resection in selected cases.
Does open intracardiac operation improve outcomes in patients with severe, chronic postmyocardial infarction cardiac failure?
Open intracardiac surgery in patients with severe chronic postinfarction heart failure may provide clinical and hemodynamic benefits in selected patients, despite high mortality.
Harman et al. (1969) studied this question.
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